Configuring Exchange hybrid prior to the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) is just a distant memory at this point. The process that was a painfully long configuration was greatly simplified with the release of the HCW with SP2 for Exchange 2010 back in May 2011. As much as the HCW has made my job easier, I’m […]
Posts Tagged ‘Hybrid’
Office 365 – Common Exchange Online Hybrid Mail Flow Issues
Exchange Hybrid, when configured properly, can provide almost seamless coexistence between Exchange Online and your on-premises Exchange environment. Part of this concept is that while you technically have two separate Exchange organizations, the mail flow between these organizations appears “internal” so that a message from a cloud user looks no different than a message from […]
Azure & StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage – Webinar Recap
Since it’s inception in 2010, Microsoft Azure has continuously posted triple digit growth, and is the only major cloud service that consistently leads in both IaaS and PaaS. You can get more background on Azure in this recent Forbe’s article. There are many ways enterprises can take advantage of Azure, with one being hybrid cloud […]
Office 365 – The Importance of Remote Domains in Exchange Hybrid
When configuring an Exchange Hybrid environment, the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) handles the majority of the heavy lifting. Despite the automation of the HCW, my colleagues and I have noticed there are some settings related to “Remote Domains” that don’t always end up properly configured. The Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) has evolved since its initial […]
Webinar: Hybrid Cloud Storage Solutions – Lower Cost & Complexity
Storage is on the mind of many this holiday season. At home, if you are a parent, it’s a question of “Where are we going to store all these overwhelmingly large toys?” At work – it’s more likely to be a data issue. If local storage is your issue, you probably know one of your […]
3 Components for a Successful Hybrid Environment in Healthcare
It is no secret that healthcare organizations are collecting more information today than ever before. They’re collecting information about their own operations, their patients and the communities they serve. The challenge for healthcare organizations isn’t collecting the information, but analyzing the data and efficiently and securely storing it. Healthcare organizations that can overcome the data […]
Webinar Recap: SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Scenarios That Make Sense
Cloud services like Office 365 and SharePoint Online are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to an on-premises SharePoint solution. However, many organizations are deciding that their best bet is to deploy specific solutions in Office 365, while keeping other workloads in their on-premises SharePoint environment. Certain hybrid scenarios make sense, and others don’t. This past […]
Webinar: SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Scenarios That Make Sense
As many organizations are in the process of moving to the cloud, or even considering a move, and a large portion of those organizations use SharePoint, it can be difficult to determine if and when a SharePoint on-premises and a SharePoint Online hybrid solution will provide value. This isn’t surprising, given the fact that questions […]
Office 365 – Hybrid Wizard Fails Due To WPAD / PAC
The Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) was introduced back with SP2 for Exchange 2010; while it has been a vast improvement over the former manually-intensive process, at times it can feel more like the “Hybrid Configuration Gremlin”… Like most aspects of Office 365, the HCW has seen continual improvement from it’s initial introduction and […]
SharePoint or Office 365 – OneDrive for Business fits All
SkyDrive or OneDrive, SharePoint, Yammer, lync – where to start? what to install for users? Which to use when? Many of us go through these questions when facing customers or when looking to provide the best service to our internal users. So much information is flowing around the web but its always tough to assimilate in one place […]
SharePoint Hybrid Architectures Introduction
Hybrid SharePoint environments combine deployments of SharePoint on premise with SharePoint Online. There are many different flavors of hybrid scenarios. In this post I will walk you through some of the terminology and explain the different options. The goal of any hybridization is to leverage the strengths of both parts, while minimizing the components’ weaknesses. Hybrid […]
Pervasive Data in Microsoft’s Cloud OS
As early as the beginning of this year, Microsoft began positioning their “Cloud OS” concept, based on the pillars of Windows Server and Microsoft (formerly Windows) Azure. This perspective on the spectrum of Microsoft’s offerings casts Cloud OS as a giant next generation operating system, with all the scope and scalability that cloud computing offers. […]